Special Expressions with Body Parts: Special Expressions with Body Parts (#9)

Dennis Oliver

expressions with
tooth and teeth

Here are some more common idioms and expressions with
body parts. This time they use tooth and teeth:

expression		meaning
armed to the teeth		heavily armed with a variety of weapons

escape by the skin of one's teeth		escape very narrowly; very nearly not escape

fight tooth and nail		fight with all one's strength

get one's teeth into (a job or task)		do a job with strong interest, concentration, and effort

go over something with a fine-toothed comb		examine something very closely and carefully

have a sweet tooth		like sweet food very much

in the teeth of		in direct and full opposition to

lie in / through one's teeth		lie completely and without shame

long in the teeth		old

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